Guy Fieri relentlessly push hisrestaurants , boob tube show , andwine labelon social media , but for a dude who is food - man famous ( though he ’s notwithout haters ) , it ’s like we hardly know the cat beyond his classifiable haircut , facial hair , and tattoos . Who is Guy , the guy cable ?

To seek to understand him advantageously , I dive deeply into Fieri ’s social medium accounts ( 1.91 million Twitter followers,697,000 Facebook fans,251,000 Instagram following ) , await beyond his TV and restaurant promotion ( as much as possible ) to get a better flavor for who this champion of diners , campaign - indium , and dives truly is . Things contract … unknown . Here ’s what I learned in the wormhole that is Guy Fieri ’s societal medium bearing .

He doesn’t follow many people, but those he does reveal much about the Guy

Guy follows 141 citizenry on Twitter , and you could separate those people generally into four groups .

Bay Area sports squad and personalitiesAccording to his website , Fieri ’s hometown is Santa Rosa , CA ( in Sonoma County ) , which explain his dear of Northern Cali sportswoman teams and personalities:@GoldenStateWarriors,@OaklandRaiders,@CelReece45(a Raiders player ) , and@StephenCurry30(a GOAT , right before Game 7 happened ) .

actor and musiciansSome of these people ( like Mr. Alright , Alright , Alright ) have appeared on one of Guy ’s many TV shows:@McConaughey,@SethRogen,@ChloeGMoretz , and@RevRunWisdom . He ’s also a immense fan ofAnchormanparody accounts:@Ch4BrickTamlandand@ItsWillyFerrell . Sure ! And the man distinctly take heed to country music:@BlakeShelton,@DariusRucker,@TraceAdkins,@TobyKeith . Not a country musician:@Questlove . Are Guy and Iboth rootage fans ? mayhap !

Guy Fieri

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Celebrity chefsGuy ’s been onThe Food Networkfor around 50 class , so he ’s buddy with tons of famous chefs:@RichardBlais,@GeoffreyZakarian,@MichaelVoltaggio , and@AndrewZimmernto name very few . certain , Bourdain might not bed him , andNew York Timesfood critic Pete Wellsfamously hated on his Times Square restaurant , but that does n’t seem to stop plenty of celebrity chefs from associating with him on societal media ( and look on his many TV appearance ) .

A provocative fashion labelI’ll admit , when I tap this Twitter account , I did not think they were selling wearing apparel . I intend , look at the name ( and the account ’s independent image on Twitter!):@SkinIndustries .

He’s not a Bay Area sports team bandwagon rider

He owns… tortoises?

He’s probably smarter than anyone gives him credit for

And he’s probably more self-aware than you think, too

He’s got chef friends

… a lot of ‘em

And while he has his detractors…

… he still gets plenty of love

He loves Smash Mouth, and new songs from the guy from Smash Mouth

He cares not forMarc Summers’ need to be clean

Oh right, he can cook, too

He’s a cool dad

Most importantly, he’s probably best friends with 2 Chainz

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